Saina Nehwal of India lunges forward to return a shot during her women's singles quarterfinal match against Wang Shixan of China at the Australian Open Badminton tournament in Sydney.

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Ivory products are prepared for destruction during a ceremony in Beijing. China's State Forestry Administration and General Administration of Customs officials presided over a ceremony to destroy more than 660 kilograms of ivory that was seized after being smuggled into the country, as part of a crackdown on the illegal trade.

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FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter speaks during the 65th FIFA Congress held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, where he runs for re-election as FIFA head.

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A column of smoke raises from Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabu island, southern Japan.

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F-16 jets from the Thunderbirds make a flyover following the completion of the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony for the class of 2015, at the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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A group of demonstrators burn a paper effigy of a hand representing Chile's president Michelle Bachelet, outside the palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.

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This photo provided by the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish female fighters of the YPG, carry their weapons as they walk in the frontline of Kery Sabee village, northeast Syria.

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Hamburg's mascot 'Hermann' cheers the fans prior the German first division Bundesliga first leg relegation soccer match between Hamburger SV and Karlsruher SC in Hamburg, Germany.

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Abhilash Yarlagadda, 13, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is comforted by his sister Nmaamasa Yarlagadda, left, and mother Sunitha Yarlagadda after misspelling the word cataphyll during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md.

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President Barack Obama, with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, participate in a briefing at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.